ABOUT

Since 2011 Florian Helgath has been Artistic Director of the ChorWerk
Ruhr.Within the past
years he presented choir music of various periods on the highest level both in A cappella and with orchestras.From 2017/18 he will be Artistic
Director of the Zürcher Sing-Akademie.

Florian Helgath has held the position as conductor of the Danish National Choir from 2009 to 2015 and was Artistic Director of the Via Nova Chor Munich from 2008 to 2016 and has
conducted numerous highly acclaimed first performances.

Florian Helgath is also a regular guest conductor of the SWR Vokalensemble, RIAS Kammerchor, MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Choir of the Bavarian Radio, Netherlands Radio Choir, Choeur
de Radio France, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir among others and collaborates with the Munich Radio Orchestra, Bochum Symphony, Odense Symphony, Danish Chamber Orchestra, Münchner Symphoniker,
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Concerto Köln and Ensemble Resonanz. Concerts led him to major concert halls and festivals as the Berliner Festspiele, Audi Sommerkonzerte, Eclat Festival
Stuttgart, Thüringer Bachwochen and particularly to the Ruhrtriennale with contemporary opera performances and numerous manifold projects.

Upcoming engagements include his debuts with the Brussels Philharmonic & Flemish Radio Choir, Norwegian Soloists‘ Choir and Swedish Radio Choir as well as further projects
with the Netherlands Radio Choir.

Florian Helgath’s discography includes the CD Sacred Songs with works by J.S. Bach, Reger and Knut Nystedt with the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, which was awarded the ICMA Award
2017, works by Palestrina and Wagner also with the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Contemporary Choral Music with the Via Nova Chor as well as J.S. Mayr Missa in c – Stabat Mater with the Orpheus
Vokalensemble and Concerto Köln among others.For the album Da Pacem with the RIAS Kammerchor and Capella de la Torre Florian Helgath receives the ECHO Klassik
2017.The recording of Tigran Mansurian's Requiem with RIAS Kammerchor prepared by Florian Helgath and Munich Chamber
Orchestra for ECM Records has been nominated for a Grammy in 2018.

He also has prepared choirs for conductors as Herbert Blomstedt, Kent Nagano, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Christian Thielemann among others.

Florian Helgath’s initial experience started as a chorister in his native city with the Regensburger Domspatzen.He studied choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik
und Theater in Munich and graduated in 2008 with a Masters Degree.Among his most important teachers are Michael Gläser, Stefan Parkman, Dan-Olof
Stenlund who influenced him largely in his career as conductor.

As a prizewinner and finalist of the Eric Ericson Award 2006 and Competition for Young Choral Conductors in Budapest 2007, Florian Helgath has already drawn the attention of the
international choral music scene.